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(B) The life cycle of $Plasmodium$ involves two hosts: humans and female $Anopheles$ mosquitoes.When an infected female $Anopheles$ mosquito bites a h

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Sporozoite

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(B) The life cycle of $Plasmodium$ involves two hosts: humans and female $Anopheles$ mosquitoes.When an infected female $Anopheles$ mosquito bites a human,it injects the $Sporozoite$ stage of the parasite into the human bloodstream along with its saliva.Therefore,the $Sporozoite$ is the infectious stage of $Plasmodium$ for humans.Once inside the human body,these parasites reach the liver and multiply,eventually infecting red blood cells.

Column-$I$	Column-$II$
$(a)$ Pre-erythrocytic cycle	$(1)$ Meta-cryptomerozoites enter $RBC$ and become spherical in shape.
$(b)$ Exo-erythrocytic cycle	$(2)$ Sporozoites in saliva are introduced into human blood.
$(c)$ Endo-erythrocytic cycle	$(3)$ Breaks the liver cells and comes out into the blood.

The infectious stage of $Plasmodium$ in humans is...........

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